The Saturday Evening Girls Club

Posted on 06 December 2017 by Jane Healey

For four young immigrant women living in Boston s North End in the early 1900s, escaping tradition doesn t come easy But at least they have one another and the Saturday Evening Girls Club, a social pottery making group offering respite from their hectic home lives and hope for a better future.Ambitious Caprice dreams of opening her own hat shop, which clashes with the expectations of her Sicilian born parents Brilliant Ada secretly takes college classes despite the disapproval of her Russian Jewish father Stunning Maria could marry anyone yet guards her heart to avoid the fate of her Italian Catholic mother, broken down by an alcoholic husband And shy Thea is torn between asserting herself and embracing an antiquated Jewish tradition.The friends face family clashes and romantic entanglements, career struggles and cultural prejudice But through their unfailing bond, forged through their weekly gathering, they ll draw strength and the courage to transform their immigrant stories into the American lives of their dreams. Best Read The Saturday Evening Girls Club by Jane Healey For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Four women forged a friendship that changed their lives one week at a time Let me start by writing while reading THE SATURDAY EVENING GIRLS CLUB, I kept hearing in my head, nevertheless, she persisted It s the battle cry for Women standing together today as part the Women s March We will not be silenced.Escaping tradition and trying to become their own women in the 1900s doesn t come easy for four young immigrants living in Bo...I didn t expect that this book would be the object of my love for the few days that I ve read it I loved Thea, Maria, Ada and especially Caprice They are what we would call today as squadgoals P I liked the storyflow and the characters The style of wri...This was a quick, easy, light hearted read, perfect for my December book club meeting I enjoyed that it was set in Boston, 1908 Interesting to read at the end that there are several other real Evening Girls Clubs not just Saturday In some ways, so you could see ho...I would like to thank NetGalley, Lake Union Publishing, and Jane Healey for an ARC of The Saturday Evening Girls Club by Jane Healey for my honest review The genres of this book are General Fiction Adult , and Women Fiction I also feel that this is Historical Fiction and Romance Kudos to Jane Healey who did the historical research about The Saturday Evening Girls Club, and other clubs in Bost...Caprice, Maria, Ada, and Thea share a wonderful friendship as they grow up in the Jewish and Italian immigrant neighborhoods of north Boston The setting is the turn of the 20th century when life is going through tremendous change Living within families where their parents still adhere to the traditional ways of the old country , these four young women struggle with choices they must make for their dreams to become reality Healy s extensive research brings this era to life as the reader exper Caprice, Maria, Ada, and Thea share a wonderful friendship as they grow up in the Jewish and Italian immigrant neighborhoods of north Boston The setting is the turn of the 20th century when life is going through tremend...Well am going to see if I can get past all the first person frequent use of I Wish me luck Penni Finished Quite enjoyed the experiences of these first generation young immigrant women set in the early 1900 s in Boston Friendships began when they were in their early teens and all attended the Saturday Evening Girls Club They all faced challenges in regards to strict family expectations, pressures around arranged marriages, and who they could date especially not someone of a different relig Well am going to see if I can get past all the first person frequent use of I Wish me luck Penni Finished Quite enjoyed the ...Quick read Enjoyable Would recommend to people I loved the friendship of the girls I loved the idea of a Saturday evening girls club.I received this book from Kindle Scout and I am so glad that I read it and it was published The only problem I had with this book was the ending left you hanging big time and I hope there isto this story Per the author s website though, she loved the ending and she doesn t plan on continuing this story This is a huge disappointment to me The Saturday Evening Girl Club is based on some true facts about immigrants in the 1900 s and it was nice that the author actually did research on thi I received this book from Kindle Scout and I am so glad that I read it and it was p... Review to follow Find reviews and other bookish talk at Chocolate and Chapters Caprice is the daughter of Italian immigrants who dreams of opening her own hat shop She attends the Saturday Evening Girls Club with three of her best friends, all of whom also come from immigrant families As the four girls try to make their way and discover who they are in an ever changing America, they find that the tradition of their families is difficult to escap...

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06 December 2017

Jane Healey